Three Budding Geniuses...Three Healthy Heartbeats

This week the babies are now the size of blueberries…I’m counting my blessings how easy it is to get around with blueberries, as opposed to three eggplants, which will come before I know it! This was a big week for us as a couple and for our precious little babies. If you haven’t guessed it, I was blessed to hear all three heartbeats on Baby A, B and C not once, but twice this week! All three are growing, 2 of them measure exactly on target for my dates and the third baby measures just two days behind. Guess it gives me a good reason to eat more ice-cream Snicker’s bars! This week was also memorable because my OB was gracious enough to start me on Zofran to control the nausea and vomiting. No exaggeration, I almost went into “pyscho chic” mode when the pharmacist was holding the Zofran hostage to double check on details of the prescription…it almost got ugly!

You ask—why the title? Well, we have three budding geniuses growing inside of me. Nothing to do with our genes, all to do with God.  In every passing minute this week, brain cells were generating faster than 100 cells per minute, per baby!! I think they might be getting big heads already! Also, the nose, mouth, tongue and ears were formed this week. Each baby also has arm and leg buds, which will further develop into hands, arms, elbows, shoulders, and feet, knees and legs. The babies also now have their permanent set of kidneys, the intestines are starting to develop (if the babies truly are budding geniuses, they will stay away from mine and Jay’s!), pituitary gland, and tissue that will give rise to the lungs.  Can you imagine all this development in just one week—and multiply it times three! God truly is amazing.

This week I meet with a nutritionist to best support pregnancy from a nutrition standpoint. The OB doesn’t think I’ll gain much weight the first trimester from being sick, but I’m here to prove him wrong. Gained 6 hard earned pounds, only 70 more to go!!! I think Jason is secretly jealous of my new “diet!” More to come next week!